High School DxD 01

By Firebird, on January 7th, 2012

Ahoy! Episode 01 is a little later than I had envisioned, but then usually our episode 01s are a little slower than the other eps.

This is the uncensored version, well, the boobs are. Unfortunately the cap from ATX-HD hasn’t come through so we’ve had to shareraw. There’s still a chance we’ll get the .ts through, if that happens we’ll release a Hi10P version too. The shareraw, I have to say, isn’t great quality. Karaoke is really basic because aegisub was doing funky things with the k-template.

This show has demon chicks. I love demon chicks. This show is going to be awesome for a pervert like myself, demon chicks.

Did I mention demon chicks? The uniforms look really familiar, I assume another anime has similar looking uniforms… anyone know which one?

Thanks for what’s clearly the best translation of all releases so far! 🙂

I have a humble, polite request (which I know from personal experience is a nuisance for TL/Editor): Could you please reconsider two issues?

1) It’s “Gremory”, not “Grimoire”. The Katakana is clear (see the official website), “Grimoire” has a different pronunciation and would be written differently.

2) While “Demon” isn’t wrong for “Akuma”, all works so far (Light Novel translations, Manga scanlations) went with “Devil”, which is the more common translation too.

I believe it would make the experience of your subs much more smooth for the experienced fans of this series. Could it be possible to adapt the script, starting next episode? I’d be very happy about it.

I just like to point out the Issei/Ise name
Yumma, Matsuda and Motohama called him by his nickname “Ise” cuz of closeness
but those who is formal to him,used “Issei”
If you listen clearly you be able to distinguis the difference in the name calling.

Um…..sumimasen…
I believe that demon is the race of the supernatural being, while The Devil is their leader (refer to a single being, the one who protest to God about whether demons should be bowing before Adam because it created from a flame while Adam created from clay).
From my knowledge, Lucifer is “The Devil”, while being a demon. I’m afraid the other usage of “devil” without referring to Lucifer (or Iblis in Islamic culture) were void.

BBCode doesn’t work here 😉
Also, stating “devils” with “s” (as plural) were wrong (google that you’ll know what I mean). For all I know (I don’t read the novel, and I’m not intended to), Lucifer IS The Devil. There’s only one devil. If he has a sibling, that doesn’t mean his sibling is the devil.

Japanese people rarely used word 魔王 for specifically referring to one being, instead they used 悪魔 which can be translated as “Devil” or “Demon”. If that referring to many beings, then that’s “demons”, otherwise should be translated to “devil”. There’s also 妖怪 which refers to a class of monster, but it’s not in the context here.

If you happen to read the original novel (Japanese version), then I assume the author could be mistaken “demon(s)” with “devil”, but that’s rarely happen.

1. The general Christian belief is that Lucifer/Satan was a fallen angel, and leads the legions of hells. Fallen angels and demons are one and the same in this belief.
2. DxD depicts fallen angels and devils/demons to be two different things. However, that is in paradox to point 1, but see 3.
3. Lucifer and Satan are believed to be two different beings in some interpretations of the bible. This supports the theory that Satan is the leader of the demons, and Lucifer the leader of the fallen angels – this however disagrees with DxD.
4. Gremory and Phenex are high-ranking demons in the Lessor Key of Solomon and several other demonic classifications. Satan is also classed a demon in many of these works.
5. The Devil/Lucifer is considered the highest ranking demon in many beliefs.
6. Baal was often confused with Satan but also said to be his closest aid. Baal is a demon, if there is nobody ranked more highly than him other than Satan, then this further suggests there is only one devil. However, see point 3.
7. In Japan, there doesn’t appear to be any distinction between devil and demon.

I am aware the English TL of the LN has it as devils. But, based on all the above, the most important part being ‘Gremory’ & ‘Phenex’, I would suggest the author is referring to the western belief of demons, especially given she’s specifically mentioned as being European. But, to be honest, I think the classification of either is meaningless given point 7.

TL;DR We’ll stick with demons.

Btw, I updated your posts. Spoiler tag works fine, but you got the slash the wrong way round.